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Quit messing with the comics in the Daily Southtown. Get rid of this "Half Full" comic and bring back "Stone Soup." Thank you.

Peggy, Chicago

(EDITOR'S NOTE: "Stone Soup" cartoonist Jan Eliot no longer offers a daily comic strip, it now appears on Sunday in the Daily Southtown.)

More to the commenter complaining about all the politics in Speak Out: We have Gov. Bruce Rauner who wants to change tort reform. If you would read the laws on tort reform and see what he wants to change, I don't think you'd be very happy about it. I was involved in this issue when the insurance companies tried it some years ago. Also, you should get a copy of Illinois' worker compensation law and read it to understand what it provides for injured workers. Your rights as a worker are protected under this law, and Rauner wants to do away with all this.

I've been a landlord for more than 30 years and always kept my building up. For the first time, I had a tenant I had to evict and went to the Daley Center three weeks ago to get the sheriff's court order to make her move out. I was told I'd get a 24-hour notice for them to come out and hand it to her. Then the police said they don't make people move once it's freezing outside. What's a landlord to do?

Bridgeview

Why are Social Security recipients getting no cost-of-living increase in 2016? Has the government shopped lately? Milk, eggs, butter, peanut butter and cheese have doubled in price since 2014. Ask the government officials to print where they shop where it's cheaper so we can shop there. The cost of living has gone up.

RT, Tinley Park

I just loved the Speak Out comment that referred to Mike Madigan as being more stubborn than an Alabama tick. The late Chicago Bear great, Doug Buffone, had the best definition of all for ticks — they are nothing more than blood suckers.

J.K.

Unfortunately Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders was born a century too late. He would have loved being a Bolshevik during the Russian Revolution of 1917.

To Patti from Blue Island on renewing her passport and complaining that it cost quite a bit of money to get the proper documents to leave the country: Well, just think of it this way, Patti. If you want to come back to the country, they don't even care for a passport. They'll let you in free of charge.

Jimbo, Chicago Heights

All I've got to say is God help America.

John, Hegewisch

The Lincoln-Way High School District 210 board should rescind its vote to close Lincoln-Way North High School after this school year. The board has cheated the community for many years by downplaying the magnitude of the district's financial crisis and by failing to fully consider all of the options available to allow the district to maintain North and West, its state-of-the-art schools.

Tinley Park

Driving should take 99 percent of your attention at all times. Now researchers are saying that even hands-free telephones and equipment in the cars are distracting drivers and making them unsafe. I'm not a genius or a college professor, but I could have told you that the minute I saw one of those things. The problem is that the people that use these devices are usually poor drivers to begin with.

I hope all you Gov. Bruce Rauner supporters are happy with the fine mess you've got us in. Now this man wants to charge towns interest on loans for money that they would normally receive if a state budget existed. This man is crazy with the idea of busting the unions. I think we should look into ways of impeaching him because this is all he wants to do. He's damaging our state, thousands of people's lives and the credibility of the state. Good work, Rauner supporters.

Jo, Richton Park

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